Gangs in Haiti Try to Seize Control of Main Airport in Newest Attack on Key Government Sites

Gangs in Haiti Try to Seize Control of Main Airport in Newest Attack on Key Government Sites
A pedestrian walks past the international airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 4, 2024. Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday, exchanging gunfire with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites in an explosion of violence that includes a mass escape from the country’s two biggest prisons.

The Toussaint Louverture International Airport was closed when the attack occurred, with no planes operating and no passengers on site.